Water-closet.



W. A. ROWE.

WATER CLOSET. nun 91:1. 8-.- Hm. nsnzwgmun 15, I918.

APPLHIATION Patented Aug. 27, 1918.

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E l N 0 w m fiH w INVENTOR f" ATTQNEY W. A. ROWE.

WATER CLOSET. APPLICATION 'FILED OCT. 8. 1911. RENEWED JULY :5. 191a.

@ 965 Patented Aug. 27; 1918.

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Be it known that I, WALTER A; Row E, a

citizen of the United States of Amrica, and

resident of Tifiin, county of Seneca and State of Ohio, have'invented certain new and useful Improvements in Water closets,

z of whichfthe following is a specification.

. This invention relates broadly to water I closets,"andit has for its primary object to provide a closet which embodies therein means for exhausting gases and odors therefrom'during the operation offlushing.

I a A further object is to provide 'a relatively Q simple and inexpensive mechanism for rey such mechanism being located wholly Within moving .gases and odors from a water closet,

the closet and being actuated by a diverted portion of the water. employed for accomplishing the flushing of'the bowl.

With these and other objects in view,'the

invention resides in the features of construction, arrangement of parts and combinations of elements which will hereinafter be fully described, reference being had to the -accompanying drawings, in whichcloset bowl embodying'my invention;

Fig. 2 is a front edge view of the seat, detached; and Figs. 3, 4 and 5 are views of the same in top plan, rear edge elevation and side ele 1 vation, respectively.

designating parts throughout the several views 1 indicates the body portion of the bowl Referring to said drawings, inwhich like characters of a water closet, which portion maybe of any usual or preferred type or form, the

bowl herein depicted for illustrative'pur poses being of that type in which theWater-Y for flushing is supplied to a hollow pere forated roll-like rim 2 from a flush tank (not J shown) which connects to an upright tubular intake member 3 formed integral with said bowl.

Formed 'integral with the upper part of 1 the bowl and extending.rearwardtherefrom is a tubular vent portionA adapted to have a vent pipe attached thereto.-' Rotatably mounted within the vent tubelt is a fan 5 designed, when actuated, .tojp'roduce a-suction which will exhaust foul'aiggases, odors,

and the like from'the bowlaiidj, direct the same outward to the atmosphere through the usual vent pipe above mentioned. Said fan is fixed upon a horizontal shaft '6 which is" distingnish like disposed longitudinally within the vent-tube 4 and Which has its ends suitably mounted for rotation. As depicted, one end of said shaft is disposed in a socket 7 provided in the lower end of a depending arm 8 carried by or formed integral with the closet bowl,

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and the other end is disposed in a recess 9 so located that a portion of said shaft lies underneath the base 11 of the intake member 3, which base has 'a hollow tapered funnel-like member 12 depending therefrom through which some. of the incoming flush water supplied to the bowl through the intake 3 is diverted. Fixed upon said shaft in a position to.receive the impact of the water 4 entering through the passage 13 in said funnel-like member 12 is a bladed propeller or water wheel 14.

'As is obvious, when water is admitted in the usual manner" for flushing the bowl, a portion thereof is directed through the passage 13 against the blades of said water wheel 14, producing rapid rotation of the shaft 6 and fan 5.,

To facilitate the removal of the gases and odors, provision is preferably made for admitting fresh air to the bowl as the foul air is withdrawn by means of the fan. While any appropriate passage may be provided in 'the seat 15 for admitting fresh airwhen the usualili'd or cover 16 occupies its lowered :position, I prefer to form the substantially rectangular recess 17 in the under side of -the front end of the seat which is'shown in Figs "2', 3 and 5, so that when said seat occupies a seated posltion upon the bowl, a

passage is constituted between said seat and said bowl.

The rear end of the seat has a recess-or notch, as 18, formed therein to it about the adjacent portion of the bowl when said seat is lowered u on the latter.

What is c aimed is 1. The combination with a closet bowl having a vent tube, of a rotary shaft disposed longitudinally within said tube, a fan carried by said shaft, a propeller carried by said shaft, and means for directing a portion 

